Grammatology by Aesc (PG)

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Rec Category: Original Character
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay implied
Category: future fic
Warning: mention of character deaths
Author on LJ: aesc
Author's Website: author's page on Wraithbait

Link: Grammatology

Why This Must Be Read:

Here is a story that contains my two favorite things: history and language, with a highly original narrative and beautiful writing.

The story is set far into the future and the people, their customs and their language are so foreign, it took me several reads to truly appreciate all the small nuances and to recognize the fragments of history that the main character Adamne-So refers to.

The despair of Sheppard and McKay, who are thrown into a time and a world they do not belong to and Adamne's curiosity and wonder at these two strangers who have walked right out of myth, are beautifully interwoven.

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Showing by Ladycat777 (PG)

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Rec Category: Original Character
Category: gen
Warning: none
Author on LJ: ladycat777
Author's Website: Subtle Salvation
Summary: She knows Colonel Sheppard is famous for disobeying orders, but Susan and her team are nobodies. Just random faces in uniforms that she doubts Colonel Sheppard could put names to.

Link: Showing

Why This Must Be Read:

This story was originally written for the sga-flashfic's Cake or Death challenge.

The main character, Corporal Susan Daniels, is realistic and likable and the story gives us a nice look at the everyday life of a Marine on Atlantis and the interactions between the members of the expedition. Also, there's cake.

July Rec'cers

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Here are our rec'cers for July.

Character

[Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]-- Teyla Emmagan
[Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]-- John Sheppard
[Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]-- Cameron Mitchell
[Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]-- Jennifer Keller
[Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]-- Teal'c
[Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]-- Daniel Jackson

Friendship

[Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]-- Jack O'Neill & Teal'c

Genre

[Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]-- Novel
[Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]-- Gen
[Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]-- Crossover
[Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]-- Episode Related

Pairing

[Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]-- John Sheppard/Teyla Emmagan
[Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]-- John Sheppard/Rodney McKay

History of Atlantis, Part II, The City as Recording Angel by mirabile_dictu (NC-17)

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Rec Category: Sheppard/McKay
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay, (Weir/Zelenka/Lorne/Dex), (Cadman/Beckett)
Category: Angst, Futurefic, Romance, Apocafic
Warning: Slash, minor character deaths (references to suicides)
Author on LJ: mirabile_dictu
Author's Website: http://mirabile-dictu.slashcity.net/
Link: History of Atlantis, Part II, The City as Recording Angel

Why This Must Be Read:

After contact is permanently lost with Earth, the Atlantis survivors must build new lives in the Pegasus Galaxy. In a collection of stories from different POV's, the details of their trials and triumphs are beautifully told, with starring roles for our heroes, McKay and Sheppard. Their relationship threads throughout the stories building slowly to a sweet ending.

A quick note, don't go searching for Part I - the author notes that would be the unwritten story of when the Ancients lived in the city.

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